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Soft Shackles

When is the last time you dropped a shackle in the water and it floated? Last summer, I lost one of of these overboard and I simply scooped it up with a boathook. Now you can replace a heavy steel shackle with one made from high-tech Samson line. This shackle is constructed from Amsteel Blue (Dyneema SK-75), which is as strong as steel at a fraction of the weight. With this soft shackle, you don't have to deal with dropped rings, or pins that come out. It has a sliding eye splice that opens up to slip over a button knot and pulls closed under tension. No matter how much load you put on, the eye opens easily when tension is released.
Soft shackles are available in a variety of line diameters, with breaking strengths from 1000 to over 5000 lbs. Custom size loops are made to order for other applications such as downhaul/cunningham systems, boom bails, and pigtails. If you want a different size or special configuration, just ask.